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Morningside Heights in Wedgwood: Prohibition, the Great Depression, and Walter S. Wood
This is the second article about the life of Walter S. Wood, an early resident of Morningside Heights in Wedgwood. In 1927 Walter Wood turned forty years old and he was going full-steam ahead with all of his varied businesses … Continue reading
Posted in 9428 25th Ave NE, Houses, Plat names
Tagged Great Depression of 1930s, Neighborhood History, Prohibition, Seattle
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Life in Morningside Heights, Wedgwood: Walter S. Wood
In the early 1900s the Wedgwood neighborhood did not yet have a name and the area was quite rural. The Morningside Heights plat from NE 90th to 95th Streets, 25th to 35th Avenues NE, was one of the early sections of Wedgwood to … Continue reading
Posted in 9428 25th Ave NE, Architecture, Houses, Plat names
Tagged 1920s in Wedgwood, Craftsman bungalow, Neighborhood History, Seattle, Victory Way
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The Morningside Heights plat in Wedgwood
Prior to the 1940s, the future Wedgwood neighborhood had been known as Morningside. The name came from the promotion of the Morningside Heights development close to NE 95th Street. The neighborhood name “Wedgwood” is the legacy of 1940s developer Albert … Continue reading
Dahl Playfield in Wedgwood
Many aspects of Wedgwood as we know it today have been shaped by the processes of community action. Dahl Playfield at 7700 25th Ave NE is a good example. The story of Dahl Playfield began in 1947, when eighty parents … Continue reading
Posted in Dahl Playfield, parks
Tagged Don Sherwood Park History files, Neighborhood History, Ravenna Swamp, Seattle
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Northwest Modern Architecture in Wedgwood
Modernist architecture is defined partly by its time period, from the 1930s to about 1970, and modern style also means buildings which are without historical reference to European traditions. For example, the original Wedgwood group of houses, built by developer … Continue reading
Earl G. Park, Architect in Wedgwood
On the census of the year 1900 in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, seventeen-year-old Earl G. Park listed his occupation as “architect.” Two years later, Earl Park was in Seattle in the employ of a busy and successful architectural firm, Bebb … Continue reading
John R. Nevins, architect in Wedgwood
John R. Nevins was an architect and civil engineer who worked in Seattle from 1902 to 1932. With business partner Earl G. Park, he platted the Nevins & Park Addition in Wedgwood, and Nevins lived on that block from 1916 to … Continue reading
The Nevins and Park Plat in Wedgwood
The Nevins & Park plat in Wedgwood is five acres of land, one long block from NE 82nd to 85th Streets, 28th to 30th Avenues NE. To file a “plat” means to register the land with King County … Continue reading
The Picardo Farm in Wedgwood
The Wedgwood neighborhood did not come completely into the Seattle city limits until 1954. The area retained some of its semi-rural character into the 1960s, such as the Picardo Farm which operated at 8040 25th Ave NE. The Picardo family’s long … Continue reading
Posted in farms, Immigrant heritage, Neighborhood features, Picardo Farm
Tagged Neighborhood History, P-Patch, Seattle
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A Farm Life in Wedgwood
Wedgwood didn’t acquire its identity until the 1940s when developer Albert Balch’s name for his housing development caught on as the name for the whole neighborhood. In the early 1900s when the future Wedgwood area was still outside the Seattle city … Continue reading
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